Curtain-fixture.



No. 743,775. PATENTED. N07. 10, 1903. J. TRIERWEILER.

GURTAIN FIXTURE.

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PATENTED NOV.'10, 1903.

J. TRIERWEILER. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

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fcURTAIN-FIXTURE.

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Application filed March 30, 1903. Serial No. 150,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH TRIERWEILER, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures, and refers more specifically to improvements in that type of curtain and shade holders which are extensible and collapsible to accommodate windows of varying widths. 7

Among the salient objects of the invention are to providea construction which will afford a maximum rigidity with the parts made of minimum size in cross-section; to provide a construction which is conveniently and instantly adjustable to fit windows of various widths; to provide a construction which may be readily detachedfrom the bracket-supports and is nevertheless held securely and firmly when connected with said bracket-sup- The invention will be readily understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of my invention, parts of the shade-roller being broken away to simplify the drawing. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the end members, showing particularly the arrangement of the curtain-drawing cords.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View, in front eleva-v tion, showing one end of the structure on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4 l of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a top plan view, similar to Fig. 1, of a modification. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan View; Fig. 8,

an end elevation showing also the relation of the parts to the window-casing.

Describing first the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, 1 and 1 designate brackets adapted to be secured to the window-frame at each side thereof, each'bracket comprising a horizontal member 2, an integral upright member 3, adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the front face of the frame, and a second upright member 4,1ikewise made integral and formed to stand in a plane at right angles to the plane of the back member 3. Desirably the upright member 4: is made integral with the inner edge of the horizontal member 2 of the bracket and is 10* cated ata point distant from the back member 3, somewhat more than one-half the diameter ofthe shade-roller 5, as bestindicated in Fig. 1. In the preferred'construction now being described the horizontal member 2 is provided with an upwardly-projecting stud 6, adapted to receive and hold the end member 7 of the curtain -support proper. 8 and 9, respectively, designate two supporting-bars desir ably made of strap metal and arranged in overlapping relation and in vertical planes. Each member Sand 9 is provided at its outer end with a portion, as S and 9, respectively, twisted at right angles to the plane of the main body of the bar and secured rigidly to the plate-like supports 7, hereinbefore referred to. Conveniently the ends of the bars are riveted to the plates 7, as indicated at 10 and 10. As a means slidingly connecting the bars 8 and 9 each bar is provided near its inner end with a metal, as ll, shaped to form a rectangular-loop, one half of which is occupied by the bar to which the clip is attached and the remaining half of which forms a socket 12, through which the opposite bar slides, as indicated clearly in Fig. 4. That end ofthe clip which embraces the bar to which it is attached is riveted to the bar, as indicated at 13, while the opposite end la is extended laterally some distance and terminates in a round eye'l5, which serves to support one end of a curtainrod 16, corresponding in length to the length of the main bar 8 or 9. Each rod 16 is rigidly united with the corresponding supportingplate 7, conveniently by being riveted thereto, as indicated at 17 and 17, respectively. Upon each curtain-rod is mounted a series of loops,

as 18 and 19, with which the curtains may be engaged at suitable intervals along their upper margins. In order that the outer edge of each curtain may be anchored to the curtainfixture, loops 20 and 21 are provided at the respective ends of the fixture, each engaged with a suitable aperture in the plate 7 at a point adjacent to the end of the corresponding curtain-rod, as indicated clearly in Figs. 1 and 3. In order to provide means for drawing the curtains, a pair.ot guide-pulleys 22 is mounted upon the under side of one of the plates 7, these pulleys being mounted upon a horizontally-disposed pin.23, extending through depending bracket-ears 24 and 24:. At the opposite end of the fixture a single guide-pulley 25 is provided on the under side of the plate 7, which latter pulley is mounted upon a vertically-disposed pin 26, seated in the plate 7, its upper end in a loop like bracket 27 at its lower end, as seen clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. The curtain-drawing cord (designated 28) is simply a single cord which depends at one side of the window Within access of the operator,'the cord extending up over one of the poles 22, thence around the pulley 25, and back over the other pulley 22 and down at the side of the window. One of the laps of the cord 28 extends through the several loops mounted upon the rod 16 at the corresponding side of the fixture, (either front or rear,) while the opposite lap extends through the loops of the other curtain-rod. In practice one edge of each curtain is attached to the corresponding anchor-loop 20, while the supporting-loop 18 or 19 at its opposite edge is attached at the proper point to the cord 28. It follows that when the cord is drawn so as to run through the pulleys in one direction the two curtains will be simul taneously drawn back and gathered at each side of the Window, and, vice versa, when the cord is pulled in the opposite direction both curtains will simultaneously be extended and carried into overlapping relation if made as wide as the full length of the respective supporting-bars of the fixture.

v The shade-roller 5, hereinbefore referred to, may be of any suitable or common construction and is mounted in the upper ends of the upstanding supports 4 in the usual manner, one of said supports being provided with an aperture at its upper end and the other with a slot, as usual.

The use of the fixture constructed and arranged as described is entirely obvious from the foregoing description; but it is to be noted that the brackets 3 may be applied to the Window-frame in horizontal alinement without reference to the width of the window (within the limits of adjustment of the fixture) and after the brackets are in place the fixture may be applied by simply extending or collapsing it until its length corresponds to the distance between the brackets, whereupon it is adjusted thereto by engaging the plates 7 with the supporting-studs 6. The

width of the plates '7 is ample to support the fixture securely and firmly in place upon the brackets without additional securing means, and accordingly the fixture may be disengaged by simply riveting it from the studs 3. Owing to the peculiar construction and disposition of the plate-like bars 8 and 9 and their interconnection by means of the rectangular clips 11, the fixture is extremely stiff or rigid against bending in a vertical direction, and this rigidity is imparted in a large degree to the curtain-rods 16. It follows that the fixture does not sag between its ends, although it may be employed in supporting very heavy curtains.

Describing now the construction shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, the brackets l are in general construction similar to those pre viously described, but are each provided at their outer ends with upstanding portions 29, which serve to confine the fixture-bars mounted thereon against outward movement. In the presentinstance the supporting-studs 6 are dispensed with, and in lieu thereof the fixture-bars (designated 30 and 31, respectively) are rigidly united with the brackets by means of screws, as indicated at 32. The construction now being described is more particularly suitable where it is desired to make the main supporting-bars 30 and 31 of wood instead of metal. These bars are in this instance in the form of relatively wide, fiat, and horizontally-disposed bars arranged in superposed overlapping relation, as seen clearly in Fig. 6, and each provided with a longitudinal slot, as 30 and 31, extending throughout the principal length of the bar. In order that the two bars may be supported in exactly horizontal position, each is supplemented at its end which is attached to the bracket by a filling-block, as 32 and 32, one of the filling-blocks being secured to the upper side of the corresponding bar and the other to the lower side of its bar, as seen clearly in Fig. 6. 33 and 34 designate the curtain-supporting rods, which are respectively secured to and made rigid with the bars 30 and 31. Each curtain-rod is arranged to extend parallel with its corresponding bar at some distance below the latter, the rod being provided at one end with a right-angled upturned extension, as 35 and 35, which extends through the slot of the opposite bar and is seated in the end of its own bar, as indicated clearly in the drawings. Conveniently the extensions 35 and 35 are threadedandprovided with clamping-nuts 35 above and below the overlapping bars, whereby the latter may be clamped in adjusted position. The outer ends of the curtain-rods are rigidly supported in brackets 36, arranged to depend from the lower sides of the main brackets 1', as seen clearly in Fig. 6. The fixture is provided with cord pulleys 22 and 25, similarly arranged and corresponding to the similar pulleys 22 and 25 of the previously-described construction. The curtain-rods are likewise pro= IIO vided with a series of curtain supporting loops 18 and 19, the outermost one of each series being anchored to the adjacent bracket 36, as shown clearly in the drawings. use of the apparatus is substantially identical with that previously described. It will be noted that the construction amounts, in effect, to a truss construction, which renders the fixture rigid against sagging, the curtainrods being so connected with the bars as to reinforce the latter. fixture as a whole to any desired length is efiected by simply releasingv the thumb-nuts 35" and expanding or retracting the fixture to the,desired length.

I claim as my invention- 1. A curtain-fixture comprising in combination a pair of brackets adapted to operatively support the ends of a shade-roller, and a pair of curtain-rods respectively secured at one end to the supporting-brackets and overlapping each other at their other ends, and means slidingly and adjustably uniting the overlapping portions of said curtainrods, whereby said fixture may be collapsed or extended for the purpose described.

2. A curtain-fixture comprising in combination a pair of brackets adapted to operatively support the ends of a shade-roller, a pair of overlapping supporting-bars each having one end secured to a corresponding supporting-bracket, means slidingly and adjustably uniting the overlapping portions of said supporting-bars, and a corresponding pair of curtain-rods each respectively secured at one end to the supporting-bracket and at its opposite end rigidly united with the end of the supporting-bar, whereby the structure as a Whole may be collapsed or extended.

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The adjustment of the 3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of a pair of supporting-brackets each compris-' ing an L-shaped member, the upright portion whereof is adapted to be secured to a window-casing and provided with an additional upright constituting a shade-support, a pair of supporting-bars each having one end detachably connected with a corresponding sup porting-bracket and their opposite ends arranged in overlapping relation, a pair of cur- I tain-rods each corresponding to, and coex- 5o tensive with, one of the supporting-bars and likewise secured at one end to a supportingbracket, means rigidly uniting the inner ends of each curtain-rod and its corresponding supporting-bar, and means for clamping said supporting-bars together in adjusted overlapping relation.

4. In a curtaiufixture, the combination with the supporting-brackets, each provided with ahorizontallydisposed supporting memher and an upright securing-stud, of the supporting-plates 7 adapted to be engaged with said bracket, the overlapping supportingbars 8 and 9 each respectively secured to one of the plates 7and arranged to stand with its plane vertical, the clips 11 rigidly secured to the end of each supporting-bar and provided with the eye extension 14 and eye 15, andthe curtain-rods 16 each rigidly secured at its outer end to one of the supporting-plates 7, extending thence parallel and coextensive with the corresponding supporting-bar 8 or 9 and engaged with the eye 15 of the corresponding clip, substantially as described.

JOSEPH TR-IERWEILER. Witnesses:

FREDERICK G. GOODWIN, ALBERT H. GRAVES. 

